Well, Mr. S. Bunny, glad to read you have made another substantial step forward. Wish you the best...exploring the C. Rockies off the Phantom Canyon Road (leads to Cripple Creek) , and just general exploration of those hills made me happy. Found, on the Ft. Carson range, a fossil oyster that was 14-16 inches long in the limestone there.
Carried a 1911A1 , loaded, in the hills, as Griz, black bear and desperate men were to be dfound there on rare occasion. Now, you can add big cats and even more desperate men, so rather than loose cartriges, I'd carry a few mags. to go with, but I'd sure as hell be looking around....there's GOLD IN THEM THAR HILLS, YOU KNOW!nEVER FOUND ANY, BUT IT WAS FUN.
Don't enter any old mines that don't have live critters going in AND OUT, methane will kill you so fast you don't even know your dying.
Oh, see if the "Lost Spur" Bar is still there, just a short jump out the range's back gate just off rt 115. Back in the day it was....interesting.......there were some ladies who spent time there......